In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to arrow heads. The first version of the film won a major award at the International Experimental Film Festival Held in Brussels in 1958 in association with the World's Fair. Stan Brakhage described the film as "an almost unbelievably immense masterpiece".

The Pied Piper
1933
6.5/10

Destino
2003
7.2/10

Sing: Thriller
2024
7.2/10

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968
7.3/10

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
2011
6.4/10

No Time for Nuts
2006
7.4/10

Yellow Is the New Black
2018
6.5/10

A Knight for a Day
1946
6.6/10

Runaway Brain
1995
6.7/10

Chip an' Dale
1947
6.7/10

The House
2022
7.0/10

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
2006
6.1/10

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
6.9/10

Gone Fishing
2017
6.5/10

Mike's New Car
2002
6.9/10

Out on a Limb
1950
7.0/10

Hawaiian Vacation
2011
7.0/10

Wynken, Blynken & Nod
1938
6.6/10

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
1979
7.4/10

Ferdinand the Bull
1938
6.7/10
The Land Boom
1926
9/10